Some shoppers refuse to wear masks as Melbourne adjusts to new must-have attire

Between 7am and 8am on Thursday, only two customers entered the Woolworths store on Smith Street in Fitzroy without a face covering.The store's managers did not stop the two men from entering the supermarket, saying they could not be sure the customers did not have a medical exemption.One of the men without a mask said he was in a difficult financial situation and was unable to afford masks.

"I just hope people aren't targetted for [not wearing masks]. We don’t know people's reasons for not wearing them."

paulsakkal What load of shit. I just came from the CBD and EVERYONE was wearing a bloody mask

paulsakkal Masks are making everyone touch their face many times more . It’s going to be counterproductive. Oh yes actually we don’t know , there are no scientific studies .

paulsakkal SPREADERS (that's me shouting at them), so selfish.

paulsakkal Who would have guessed that the Age would write this article in the wee hoursof the first day of mask wearing. Terrific journalism. Bravo!

paulsakkal Imagine going to university for 4 years to become a journalist, only to end up shaming people for not wearing a mask.

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